THE GAMBLER, by Kenny Rogers

So I _____________ (hand) him my bottle

This is a narrative country song and, therefore, it is told in the past tense
and contains some dialogues.
A. write all the verbs in brackets in their past form.
B. change the sentences in the square into the direct style
And he _________ (drink) down my last swallow
Then he _____________ (bump) a cigarette
And ____________ (ask) me for a light
And the night ___________ (get) deathly quiet
And his face __________ (lose) all expression
He ______, (say) "If you're gonna play the game, boy
You gotta learn to play it right

You've got to know when to hold 'em

Know when to fold 'em
On a warm summer's eve Know when to walk away
On a train bound for nowhere Know when to run
I _______________ (meet) up with the gambler You never count your money
We __________________ (be) both too tired to sleep When you're sittin' at the table
So we _________________ (take) turns a-starin' There'll be time enough for countin'
Out the window at the darkness When the dealin's done
The boredom overtook us, he ______________ (begin) to speak
Every gambler knows
That the secret to survivin'
Is knowin' what to throw away
And knowin' what to keep
He said, "Son, ________________ (he had made) a life 'Cause every hand's a winner
Out of readin' people's faces And every hand's a loser
Knowin' what the cards were And the best that you can hope for
By the way they held their eyes Is to die in your sleep"
So if ___________________ (I didn’t mind his sayin')
_______________________out of aces (he could see I was) And when he ______________ (finish) speakin'
For a taste of ___________ (my) whiskey He _______________ (turn) back toward the window
___________________ some advice" (he would give me) ________________ (crash) out his cigarette
And ________________ (fade) off to sleep
And somewhere in the darkness
The gambler he ____________ (break) even
And in his final words
I ___________ (find) an ace that I could keep